OUR PRESIDENT & VICE-PRESIDENT
FRANK PEETERS | President
Frank Peeters is member of UNISTOCK since 2018 and was elected President in July 2022.
As Managing Director of Euro-Silo, a port side grain elevator and storage in the port of Ghent, he is professionally active in the daily operations of a port side agribulk warehouse.
He is also chairman of the Board of CEPG, a company managing the pool of dockers of the port of Ghent.
ANDRES GOMEZ BUENO | Vice-President
Andrés Gómez Bueno runs a small family business in Santander, Spain, with a very diverse team made of about a hundred people. The business operates on commodity trading, port operations and digital products, and is strongly committed to gender equality with a very proactive approach against violence.
Andrés is very engaged in about eight different business associations of local, national, European and global scope.
MEET THE TEAM
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Secretary General
Iliana Axiotiades is currently the Secretary General of COCERAL, which represents European traders in agri-commodities and agrosupply, and UNISTOCK Europe, the European association of portside storekeepers of agri-bulk commodities. She also acts as a Senior Advisor for EUROMALT, the European trade association for the malting industry. Iliana is also Vice-President of the IGTC – the International Grain Trade Coalition, which brings together grain trade association on all continents across the globe.
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Office Manager & Executive Assistant
Noura joined COCERAL, EUROMALT and UNISTOCK Europe in November 2016. Prior to that and in the last ten years, she has worked as Executive Assistant for a sector organisation representing the paper industry.
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Director – Trade & Logistics
Flora Dewar is the Director Trade & Logistics of COCERAL, EUROMALT and UNISTOCK Europe, which she joined in October 2018. She manages sector-relevant EU policy issues, dealing with, among others, International Trade and Market Access, Logistics of Grain Transport and Deforestation.
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Scientific & Technical Advisor
Gianluca Nurra is Scientific & Technical Advisor at COCERAL and UNISTOCK Europe since February 2019. Since 2003, Gianluca, who holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Sciences, as well as a Master’s degree in Management of Organic Farms, has been working at the international level in the fields of agriculture and rural development, food and feed safety, food quality, control and certification, and sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
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Policy Advisor - Environment
Aivija joined COCERAL, EUROMALT and UNISTOCK Europe in August 2019, and she is analysing and presenting EU trade and agricultural policies/initiatives relevant to cereal and oilseed trade. Supporting the Trade & Agricultural Policy Manager in her economic affairs and EU Common Agricultural Policy work, Aivija is also responsible for managing COCERAL’s databases on Crop Forecast and Corn Import Duties.
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Junior Policy Officer
Josef Haeuser is the Junior Policy Officer of COCERAL, EUROMALT and UNISTOCK Europe and he joined the office in November 2023. He supports the Directors of Trade, Logistics and Agri-policies with their work while also assisting the rest of the team.
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Stéphanie Pelet-Serra is Director Agri-Policies at COCERAL, which she joined in June 2024. She is responsible for food and feed safety regulatory issues likely to affect the cereals and oilseeds trade, but also for broader policy issues affecting agricultural production in the EU (e.g. CAP).
MISSION
We are here to support the prosperity and resilience of the European food supply by ensuring that the views and interests of European portside agribulk terminal operators are duly expressed and shared.
UNISTOCK Europe:
> Enables networking among members to exchange knowledge, best practices and innovation
> Builds and maintains a network with international port associations, food and feed industry associations and all organisations that contribute to our activities
> Ensures dialogue and exchange of views between members and European policy-makers
> Promotes the collective interests and speaks as one voice on behalf of its members
> Embraces the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals